Some parties were not served within the proper time period, even with extensions provided some parties were not served at all. Judge Nathan cited failure to state a claim, insufficient process, insufficient service of process and protections under the Fair Use Doctrine.

Nathan, right in time for the 21 st anniversary of Biggie’s death. The lawsuit was dismissed by United States District Judge Alison J. He spoke of taking life seriously and moving towards success. Tunes is also upset about the message the infringing works portrays, as his original music was meant to discourage partying. In addition to compensatory damages, an injunction against further infringement, Tunes is requesting for the judge to determine that Tunes is the originator and owner of the term “party and bullshit”. Diddy produced Rita’s song, so he was thrown in the mix too. Busta Rhymes and Eminem were named in the suit for the 2014 song “Calm Down”, which also borrows from Biggie’s song. He didn’t file at the time of release because he wanted to be respectful of Biggie’s death and claims he didn’t expect any further acts of infringement, but when Rita Ora licensed the rights to Biggie’s track for her song “How We Do Party” in 2012, Tunes was beyond furious. Tunes waited over 20 years to file the lawsuit. There’s no question that the song is sampled repeatedly throughout the hook of Party and Bullshit, and Tunes definitely owns a copyright for the underlying musical composition. Tunes by Dune asserted Biggie never obtained licensing rights for sampling The Lost Poet’s song “When the Revolution Comes” in “Party and Bullshit”, which was released in 1993. Also named in the lawsuit were Rita Ora, Busta Rhymes, Diddy Combs (if that was ever one of his many names – you know who I’m talking about), Roc Nation, among other publishers, producers and labels. Abiodun Oyewole, professionally and hereafter known as “Tunes by Dune”, and a member of the group The Lost Poets, brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against Biggie’s estate in March of 2016, for Biggie’s hit song “Party and Bullshit”. On the anniversary of the late Notorious B.I.G.’s death, his estate was just released from civil liability of a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging damages in the amount of $24 million.

Mo money mo problems biggie